sweet spot

[ sweet spot ]

noun

1. Sports. the spot on a club, racket, bat, etc., where a ball is most effectively hit.
2. a point, range, or particular set of conditions that will achieve the most desirable or effective outcome:

   The trick is finding the sweet spot between making the puzzle challenging but not impossible.

sweet spot

noun

1. sport the centre area of a racquet, golf club, etc, from which the cleanest shots are made

Word History and Origins

Origin of sweet spot¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

While several models have us in the sweet spot for snow, shifts in where the front is located could lead to very different outcomes as the two waves pass by.

From Washington Post

In my experience, the sweet spot for a title tag is 35-55 characters in length.

From Search Engine Watch

That level of maturity is a sweet spot for a third-party such as them to come in and scale leaders across teams.

From TechCrunch

Ideally, marketers want a model that’s somewhere in the sweet spot between revenue and media metrics.

From Digiday

We’ve found the sweet spot for balancing vehicle stoppage with parking needs, allowing cities to create paying models through which ride-share and delivery companies can proactively claim their spot at the curb.

From Fortune

While 15 miles per week has benefits, “the sweet spot is probably around 30 miles of running per week,” Williams argues.

From The Daily Beast

There is certainly a lucrative yet dignified sweet spot between small time micro-brewer and soulless mass-producer.

From The Daily Beast

We will soon know whether they have found the sweet spot yet again.

From The Daily Beast

Can Ryan and Murray find the sweet spot that will attract enough Republicans without alienating Democrats?

From The Daily Beast

That sweet spot for the show that we enjoy so much is where the personal and professional combine.

From The Daily Beast

I know not whether we may ever return to this sweet spot—though it will be always dear to us from a thousand memories.

From Project Gutenberg

With the exception of this sweet spot, I thought all the little towns and villages we passed wretched-looking in the extreme.'

From Project Gutenberg

From this sweet spot the steamer carried us to the north side of the bay.

From Project Gutenberg

A sweet spot this, for the romance of the future as well as the present and past.

From Project Gutenberg

They passed behind the Vicarage; when the two ladies simultaneously uttered a sigh, and breathed in a whisper, "Sweet spot!"

From Project Gutenberg